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Singer and talk show host Kelly Clarkson accuses her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock, from whom she separated in 2020 before embarking on a bitter, years-long divorce battle with him, of previously telling her she wasn't “sexy” enough to score an internship spot on the NBC reality TV show “The Voice.” .
Clarkson testifies about ex-husband's alleged comments
The New York Post reported that it was just revealed that Clarkson, 41, made the claim while testifying last year before the California Labor Commissioner, who ultimately ruled in favor of the “Since U Been Gone” singer and ordered Blackstock, 47, to pay her the money. . $2.6 million in illegal buyouts that should have been handled by talent agents.
Court documents show that Clarkson testified that she had been telling Blackstock for years that she wanted a spot on “The Voice,” but he claimed to her in response that network executives weren't interested because they were “looking for a more sex symbol type” like singer Rihanna.
Clarkson went on to claim that Blackstock told her that NBC executives “had to have someone black. … They had to have something diverse,” and that she and singer Blake Shelton, who was a coach on “The Voice” at the time, “They were very similar.”
When her lawyer asked her how she remembered this exchange so well years after it happened, Clarkson replied: “Well, the wife doesn't forget the time she was told she wasn't a sex symbol, so that remains.”
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Clarkson's bitter divorce
Clarkson finally signed on to The Voice for the show's 14th season in 2018. She filed for divorce from Blackstock in June of 2020 after nearly seven years of marriage, and they finally settled their bitter court battle over their two young children, who are now 9 7 years, and the farm they owned in Montana in March 2022.
“What I'm dealing with is hard because it involves more than just my heart. It involves a lot of little hearts,” Clarkson said at the time of their split, according to US Weekly, adding, “Divorce is never easy. We both come from divorced families, so we know the best thing here is to protect our children and their little hearts.
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Clarkson blames her “ego” for staying in the marriage
During an appearance on We Can Do Hard Things in June last year, Clarkson said that “ego” was one of the reasons she stayed in her marriage as long as she did.
“I'm like, 'I can do this.' I can handle a lot. My ego says: “I can control my actions.” I can control my reactions. “I can do this and I can reach this person and I can get through them,” she said. “It becomes a little bit of your ego that gets in your way.”
Clarkson went on to say that she found her new single relationship status “liberating.”
“Sometimes it's nice to be alone in your own world and experience your own bliss,” she said.
Obviously this was a very messy situation for everyone involved. What do you think of Blackstock's alleged comments to Clarkson regarding The Voice? Let us know in the comments section.
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